Dispute between transgender individuals and police

Ananya Saha-A standoff between transgender individuals of the Garima Greh shelter and the police escalated early Friday morning at the Dwarka police station, with the transgender individuals alleging that they were beaten and abused while the police alleged that the former acted aggressively and resisted them.

Transgender individuals claimed they came to talk to a trans man who was taken from a shelter because his parents had filed a missing person’s report against him. The head of Mitr Trust, which manages the shelter, Rudrani, claimed, “The 21-year-old came to us on July 18 and said that his parents had kept him locked up for the last two years. Just after midnight, the police came to the
shelter and said they had to take him to give a statement because his parents had filed a missing person’s report.